Grantham, PA (April 15, 2023) - Seniors Amelia Smith and Isabelle Meckes each took home first place finishes leading the DeSales University women's track & field team at the Messiah University Invitational on Saturday.

Smith had team best times in both the 800-meters and 1,500-meters this season on Saturday taking fourth in the 800 in a time of 2:22.23 and first in the 1,500-meters in a time of 4:45.45.  Meckes was also first in the discus with a top mark of 43.33m.

Senior Abigail Radcliffe had two top-8 finishes placing eighth in the 100-meters (26.37) and fifth in the 200-meters (1:00.60). Sophomore Haley Estus was eighth in the 1,500-meters (5:00.07) and graduate student Allison Nicinski was third in the 5K (19:21.34).

In the field events, sophomore Emma Mele had a season-best mark of 3.27m in the pole vault to take fourth place and junior Megan Brubaker was eighth in both the long jump (4.95m) and triple jump (10.39m).

The Bulldogs return to action next weekend competing at the both the Widener University Invitational and Coach P Invitational @ Moravian University.